(a) whether the minority organisations are not getting their Central aid in time;
(b) if so, the details regarding allotment and disbursement of funds since 2014, head-wise and State-wise;
(c) the reasons behind the carrying forward of the funds from last consecutive budgets thereof; and
(d) the reasons in detail to lower the budget for Minorities against the last five years average percentage therein?
MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
(SH. MUKTHAR ABBAS NAQVI)
(a) & (b) The Ministry of Minority Affairs does not provide any financial assistance/grants directly to minority organizations. However, for educational empowerment, statutory/associated organizations namely Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) and National Minorities Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC), are given funds/grants based on their requirements as per the laid down norms for such releases and availability of budget. The details of funds released from the budget allocation of the Ministry, to these organisations since 2014-15 are as under:-
(Rs. in crore)
Year NMDFC MAEF
2014-20 725.00 525.50
The States wise details of funds disbursed by NMDFC and MAEF are given in the Annexure I and Annexure II respectively.
(c) There is no provision of carrying forward of the funds from last consecutive budgets in the Ministry.
(d) The allocation of budget to the Ministry of Minority Affairs since 2014-15 is given below. There has been no constraint in the implementation of the schemes/programmes in the last five years of the Ministry owing to budget. The Budget Estimates have been increasing over the years as reflected in the table below:-
(Rs. in crore)
Year Budget Estimates %age increase in budget
2014-15 3734.01 5.75%
2015-16 3738.11 0.11%
2016-17 3827.25 2.38%
2017-18 4195.48 9.62%
2018-19 4700.00 12.02%
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